No Fear Literature: The Canterbury Tales: The Pardoner's Tale The Pardoner’s Tale Page 4

Continue reading with a SparkNotes PLUS trial

Already have an account? Log in

Original Text	Modern Text
But herkneth, lordings, o word, I yow preye, That alle the sovereyn actes, dar I seye, Of victories in the olde testament, Thurgh verray God, that is omnipotent, Were doon in abstinence and in preyere; Loketh the Bible, and ther ye may it lere.	But herkneth, lordings, o word, I yow preye, That alle the sovereyn actes, dar I seye, Of victories in the olde testament, Thurgh verray God, that is omnipotent, Were doon in abstinence and in preyere; Loketh the Bible, and ther ye may it lere.
Loke, Attila, the grete conquerour, Deyde in his sleep, with shame and dishonour, Bledinge ay at his nose in dronkenesse; A capitayn shoulde live in sobrenesse. And over al this, avyseth yow right wel What was comaunded unto Lamuel— Nat Samuel, but Lamuel, seye I— Redeth the Bible, and finde it expresly Of wyn-yeving to hem that han Iustyse. Na-more of this, for it may wel suffyse.	Loke, Attila, the grete conquerour, Deyde in his sleep, with shame and dishonour, Bledinge ay at his nose in dronkenesse; A capitayn shoulde live in sobrenesse. And over al this, avyseth yow right wel What was comaunded unto Lamuel— Nat Samuel, but Lamuel, seye I— Redeth the Bible, and finde it expresly Of wyn-yeving to hem that han Iustyse. Na-more of this, for it may wel suffyse.
And now that I have spoke of glotonye, Now wol I yow defenden hasardrye. Hasard is verray moder of lesinges, And of deceite, and cursed forsweringes, Blaspheme of Crist, manslaughtre, and wast also Of catel and of tyme; and forthermo, It is repreve and contrarie of honour For to ben holde a commune hasardour. And ever the hyër he is of estaat, The more is he holden desolaat. If that a prince useth hasardrye, In alle governaunce and policye He is, as by commune opinoun, Y-holde the lasse in reputacioun.	And now that I have spoke of glotonye, Now wol I yow defenden hasardrye. Hasard is verray moder of lesinges, And of deceite, and cursed forsweringes, Blaspheme of Crist, manslaughtre, and wast also Of catel and of tyme; and forthermo, It is repreve and contrarie of honour For to ben holde a commune hasardour. And ever the hyër he is of estaat, The more is he holden desolaat. If that a prince useth hasardrye, In alle governaunce and policye He is, as by commune opinoun, Y-holde the lasse in reputacioun.

Original Text	Modern Text
But herkneth, lordings, o word, I yow preye, That alle the sovereyn actes, dar I seye, Of victories in the olde testament, Thurgh verray God, that is omnipotent, Were doon in abstinence and in preyere; Loketh the Bible, and ther ye may it lere.	But herkneth, lordings, o word, I yow preye, That alle the sovereyn actes, dar I seye, Of victories in the olde testament, Thurgh verray God, that is omnipotent, Were doon in abstinence and in preyere; Loketh the Bible, and ther ye may it lere.
Loke, Attila, the grete conquerour, Deyde in his sleep, with shame and dishonour, Bledinge ay at his nose in dronkenesse; A capitayn shoulde live in sobrenesse. And over al this, avyseth yow right wel What was comaunded unto Lamuel— Nat Samuel, but Lamuel, seye I— Redeth the Bible, and finde it expresly Of wyn-yeving to hem that han Iustyse. Na-more of this, for it may wel suffyse.	Loke, Attila, the grete conquerour, Deyde in his sleep, with shame and dishonour, Bledinge ay at his nose in dronkenesse; A capitayn shoulde live in sobrenesse. And over al this, avyseth yow right wel What was comaunded unto Lamuel— Nat Samuel, but Lamuel, seye I— Redeth the Bible, and finde it expresly Of wyn-yeving to hem that han Iustyse. Na-more of this, for it may wel suffyse.
And now that I have spoke of glotonye, Now wol I yow defenden hasardrye. Hasard is verray moder of lesinges, And of deceite, and cursed forsweringes, Blaspheme of Crist, manslaughtre, and wast also Of catel and of tyme; and forthermo, It is repreve and contrarie of honour For to ben holde a commune hasardour. And ever the hyër he is of estaat, The more is he holden desolaat. If that a prince useth hasardrye, In alle governaunce and policye He is, as by commune opinoun, Y-holde the lasse in reputacioun.	And now that I have spoke of glotonye, Now wol I yow defenden hasardrye. Hasard is verray moder of lesinges, And of deceite, and cursed forsweringes, Blaspheme of Crist, manslaughtre, and wast also Of catel and of tyme; and forthermo, It is repreve and contrarie of honour For to ben holde a commune hasardour. And ever the hyër he is of estaat, The more is he holden desolaat. If that a prince useth hasardrye, In alle governaunce and policye He is, as by commune opinoun, Y-holde the lasse in reputacioun.